Awareness of the outside world. Sesame Street. “The Museum of Modern Cookie is an art museum that specializes in showcasing the most famous works of cookie art in the world from such artists as Leonardo da Crunchy, Vincent van Dough and Edvard Munch … Among the museum’s staff are … the Cookie Patrol (a trio of guard penguins) and Grover as an in-house art supplier.” Muppet Wiki: The Museum of Modern Cookie.
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Festival cookies!
Created in Egypt. Originally pagan.
Christians came along, Easter cookies!
Moslems came along. Eid al-Fitr cookies!
Bottom line, people like cookies.
“Kahk … is a small circular shortbread biscuit that originated in Egypt and is eaten across the Arab world, primarily to celebrate Eid al-Fitr.” Wiki: Kahk
“Kahk remained popular after Egypt’s conversion to Christianity, and was commonly served on special occasions, particularly during Easter.” Wiki: Kahk > History
Cookies & tablecloth from Taste of Egypt.
Current online class, UC Graham: From Istanbul to Cairo: The City in the Historical Novels of the Middle East.
Update: Phone camera
Onwards!
Katherine
Virtual Brush Box 
Coooookie!
Cookie Monster
My favorite recipe my mother had from a work friend. With pecans because my dad liked them best.
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